Let's be clear: trans rights are women's rights

Bill C-16, legislation designed to protect gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code, explicitly addresses the violence that Labelle recently experienced. [...]reading of the bill took place in the Senate several weeks ago. Most recently, Vancouver Rape...

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Published inStar (Whitehorse)
Main Authors Kimberley Ens Manning, Julie Temple Newhook
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Whitehorse, Y.T Postmedia Network Inc 23.06.2017
Subjects
Bills
Feminism
Gays & lesbians
Gender identity
Violence
MONTREAL
Canada
Quebec Canada
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Summary:Bill C-16, legislation designed to protect gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code, explicitly addresses the violence that Labelle recently experienced. [...]reading of the bill took place in the Senate several weeks ago. Most recently, Vancouver Rape Relief (VRR) and Pour les droits des femmes du Quebec (PDFQ) claimed during a Senate committee hearing on the issue that the protections for transgender people in Bill C-16 pose a...